Manure scraper and loader.



No. 879,253.,- I PATENTE D FEB. 18, 1908. S. R. FRENCH.

MANURE SGRAPER AND LOADER, .APPLIQATION FILED AUG. 23, 1907.

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PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908 S. R. FRENCH. MANURE SGRAPER AND LOADER.

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To'all whom it'mog/ concern: 1 Be-xit' known that SAMUEL R. Fnnnon,'a citize'n'ofi the United States, residing at Farm- 1 *ington', in the county of Van Buren and *5 :"State of Iowa, has invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Manure Scrapers and Loaders, of which the following is a specification;

-' This invention relates to improvements in manure scraper and loader and comprises a platform supported upon a team-driven rungear with a front angular frame mounted to oscillate from the axle for sustaining the I scraper while it is being loaded and elevated. The invention has reference to means 'for loading, raising and dumping the load, and .-'for steering, all operations to be conducted by'one person who drives the team and rides upon the machine; the employment of certain levers being depended upon for directing some of the movements.

hen stock has been kept in. feeding yards a large area of ground generally. becomes covered with straw and manure, the gathermg of which by ordinary methods requires considerable time and is attended with much labor and expense; the object of the present invention is'to presenta machine, whereby manure, straw or other refuse may be quickly scraped from the ground and elevated a suflicient height to be dumped upon a wagon or manure spreader; another object is to present I a machine composed of few parts so that it I may be inexpensive; comparatively speaking,

in'construotion, but which will be efi'ectiv'e for the purposes vdesigned. With these objects in view, the invention presents a novel combination and arrange-- ment of arts, fully described herein, pointed 'outby t e claims and illustrated in the draw- 1 ingp, wherein,fi 1 I igure lrepresents a vertical, side view of the lnvention, showing the positionofparts F-ignQr is a; somewhat similarlview, toj that shown ilh-FigE-j13tIhe scra en being elevatedi i-Fig.=*i 3: is az plan view of t (en-invention, being a plan view of Fig; 11,,

a perspective view, to show divergent arms i 3.6 secured to the scraper hox or receptacle .j,

J 'cFigl'x5 is:a vertical, "sectional view'fshowing 11th drum, sprocket-wheel, idler wheel, and" ratchet-wheel mounted upon shaftv'.

' particular description, the numeral 1 indi Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed August 28. 1907. Serial No. 390.443.

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cates a rotatable axle, and 2 rigidly secured thereon; and rigidly upon the axle, midway between the wheels ,is a s rocket wheel 3.

a platform for sustainin plvotally mounted s of the axle, and,

rear, and are connected at :their rear ends by the cross-beam 6.

Upon cross-beam 6 attached. The drivers seat is-in'dicated at ounted the rism-ab operative pos iti0n, I employ't e side-pieces metre-nan side-pieces .4 are extendedcon- 10, and I employ the caster-wheellr dis-3f; posed midway between and near th'e reanend of side-pieces 4, I and having suitable upon any convenient support, asuponp'late es lit -27's swivel-post 13 of the caster-wheel extends H etween si 12 secured transversely vertically to traverse platform' 12 ,and1up np the upper end of.post'13 is ri idlymount'ed l-arms '14,;

the oppositely-disposed peda this construction it is intended that the,

ator or driver who occupies the seatrnay engage pedal-arms 14, one with eachifoot,,

and when the machine is beingdriven-fore wardly, will guide orsteer itS"GOul $bj by','-

pushing forward one or the other 0f mare, asdesired.

I'construct an A-shaped or angular mine.

15, consisting in part of"sustaining-arrns1.6,, for holding the scraper; the inner ends-jog arms 16 are pivomuy mounted p n axle-1? and between wheels2; arms 16 extendparal lel with each other and near theirouter'end 19 ispivotally mounted, as at 20,the-'scrapei:

respectively at 24 and 251'- The are provided preferably, 'with outward-1y? curved extensions 18 which have terminal-=1 holding-arms 19 formed substantially 'aral-Ji lel with arm 16; and between terinina as within trunnions 17 closely adjaeente-to 21 "scraper gl rovided with afiat bot-tom 'ting-edge23fup'set sides" ,and back, shown I other-arms comprising the A shaped frame -ql5g are indi cated at 26, the inner ends .of arms 26' are 1:

rigidly secured upon the inner ends of '27 and near the axle, frqinfwhich gly, their outer 16, as at 29, their opposite ends being se cured to the outer terminals of arms26. As thus described, arms 16 and 26 are sustained in a fixed relative position with reference to eachother as an angularly formed frame 15,

and this frame may llave a swinging movemanure'orrefuse; a forward, movement of .the machlne is continued until the scraperbox is filled, after which the scraper-box is elevated to the position shown in Fig. 2 and is then dumped, in the manner presently to be e'xplaine Shaft 30 is mounted between sides 4 nearthe rear of the machine, and u on this shaft is rigidly mounted the sproc et-wheel 31,

' and I employ the drum 32 also rigidly mounted upon shaft 30, and the drum will rotatejn unison with wheel31 as is obvious; adjacent wheel 31- and pivotally mounted upon shaft 30, is the idler wheel 33, preferably having a diameter similar to that of wheel 31.

,Any flexible member, as cable 34 is employed, and has one end connected with the outer ends of arms 26, its opposite end being wound upon drum 32; sprocket-chain 35 connects wheel 3 with wheel 31, and since a forward movement of the machine causes wheels 2.to rotate in the direction indicated by the large arrow in Fig: 1, the drum will rotate in a corresponding direction. Since a part of the cable, by this movement, will be wound upon the drum,- said cable will be drawn rearward which will cause a rearward tions.

swinging movement of frame 15, and this will elevate the scra er, as is obvious.

Since'the scraper ox is pivotally mounted at 20, it may be controlled in its movements, as will be seen. Arms 36 have their upper ends pivotally mounted, as at 37, upon thefront end of dumping-link 38; and arms 36 are extended divergently downward, their lower ends being rigidly secured upon the upset back 25 of the scraper; and I employ any convenient means so that the driver or operator may controla longitudinal movement of link 38,- as lever 39 and its connec- Lever 40 has its upper end. pivotally connected, as at 41, with the rear end of link 38; the lower ends of levers 39 and 40 have pivotal mountings upon one of the sideieces 4, and these levers are connected ad- ]ustably between their ends by means of link 42, since the latter has an adjustable mounting with lever 40 at any one of apertures 43, eia'fformed in lever 40. I provide the curved guide 44 secured to side-piece 4 adjacent to the pivotal mountings of levers 39 and 40 before named, and I provide keepers 45 upon each of levers 39 and 40, so that these levers may be suitably sustained while in operation.

After the scraper-box or rece tacle has been filled and elevated it is sustaine in an elevated position by means of pawl 46 which engages ratchet-wheel 47; pawl 46 may be lowered 'or raised to engagement or disengagement with ratchet-wheel 47 by means of lever 48; the lower end of lever 48 is pivotallyanounted. upon rod 49, the latter extending transversely and su ported between side-pieces 4. Pawl 46 may lie provided with the longitudinal slot 50 within which may be seated pin 51 of lever 48, and'the rear end of thepawl is resiliently mounted,'as at 52; by the construction described the drum may be released whenever desired, so that cable 34 may be unwound from said drum. When the scraperrece tacle is elevated to the osition shown in 1g. 2, if lever 39 is moved in a direction toward the front of the machine, the front part of the scraper will be pointed downward .so that the contents of said receptacle will slide therefrom; and this is the operation of dumping or unloading. At this time and during the operation of unloading, pawl 46 engages the ratchet-wheel.

.The inclination of the scraper-receptacle is under control of lever 39, to some extent, at the time of loading; and at the time the several parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, thebottom of the scra er being upon the ground, a slight forwar movement of lever 39 will cause the scraper-blade to be depressed so that it will more closely engage the ground and more refuse.

At the time of manipulating levers 39 and 40, they are adequately sustained by guide 44 so that undue strain or vibration will be avoided. The scraper-receptacle at the time of dumping is in an elevated position and after it has been dumped, the operation of lowering frame 15 is performed, and this will now more fully be explained. The driver or operator moves lever 39 forward, and by use of lever 48 releases pawl 46; the parts at this moment are as shown in Fi 3, and'a forward movement of lever 39 al ows frame 15 to swing forward until-the scraper rests I employ lever 52 hav ng a p1votalmount-.

ing between its ends upon rod 49, and having a sidewise swinging movement. The lower end of lever 52 passes below s1de-pieces'.4,

and is provided with an extension 53 passing forwardly so that the shoe 54 thereonfmay effectually gather the gagement thereof made with idler wheel 33' or with sprocket wheel 31, as desired.

As soon'as the scra er-box has been. loaded in the manner'descri ed, and while the ma-v chine is mov ng forward, lever 52 is moved sidewise which causes chain 35 to engage .wheel 31 and thereby cable 3 1 will be wound .upon the drum, as already explained, to elevate thescraper-box; and when the scraperbox has been elevated it is held in an elevated position by awl-46, until dum ed. As soon as the loadas been elevated, c ain 35 byuseof lever 52, is transferred to the.

idler wheel, and the machine may then be moved to any place desired,'for the purpose of dumping. The machine is guided by means of caster-wheel 11, which needs no particular description further than already made; pedal-arms l4 are-rigidly secured to post 13, and a swinging movement of the pedal-arms while moving forward, will cause the rear end of the machine to have a corresponding sidewise' movement.

The machine may be usedfor scraping the ground and gathering manure or any refuse material very effectively and with a great saving of labor. The scraper may be constructed of any desired length or width proportionate to the strength of other parts, and the entire machine or'any part of'it may be constructed of metal, if desired.

Numerals. indicate hitching-rods, and these may be secured in any convenient manner, as upon sidepieces 4, near wheels 2.

From the description thus given, the construction and operation of the machine will be understood. While I have explained many details of construction I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereby. It is considered that many of these details may be on' it'ted or changed without departing from the scope of the invention, since the latter is determined by the claims. What I claim as my invention, is,-

1. A machine as described, in combination, comprising an axle provided with a first gear wheel and formed with supporting wheels thereon; a su porting guide-wheel,

an idler-wheel, a rate et-wheel and. a resiliently-mounted pawl adapted to make operative contact with said ratchet-wheel; sidepieces extending r'earwardly from said axle to said supporting guide-wheel and having an operating-shaft mounted transversely therebetween; a tilting-lever mounted upon one of said side-pieces and provided with a sustaining-guide; a scraper-box having a flat bottom with alfront cutting-edge and having a controlling-arm extending upwardly from its rear end 1 a link having end-connections upon said controlling-arm and upon said tilting-lever; sustaining-arms extending forwardly from said -axle and provided with it transversely-disposed brace and having piv.

otal mountings at their-.reanterminalsupon sald axle, their front ends having pivotal mountings upon thesides of said scra 'erbox; said winding-drum, second gear w eeland ratchet-wheel mounted rigrdly upon;

said operating-shaft; saididler-wheel mounted upon said-operating shaft; a cable having one of its e'n( s connected with the transversely-disposed brace of said sustaining arms, its opposite end connected with said winding-drum a flexible member connecting said first gear-wheel and second gear-wheel; and means to transfer said flexible memberfrom the second gear-wheel to said idler- 2. In combination, amachine as described, consisting of supporting mechanism com-' prising an axle with forwardly-movable earing-wheels, a rear guide-wheel, sides pieces connecting the axle and said rear guide-wheel; a scoop-receptacle formed with a front cutting edge andhaving an upwardlyextending controlling-bar; an operatingframe comprising sustaining-arms pivotally mounted upon said axle between said forwardly-movable bearing-wheels and extended forwardly to a pivotal mounting upon said scoopreceptacle, said sustaining-arms having transversely and convergingly' disposed brace members secured between its terminals; hoisting mechanism comprising a sprocket upon the axle, an operatln -shaft transversely supported between sai sidepieces and having thereon as rocket,'a windlug-drum, an idler-wheel, an a ratchet with a pawl connection; means for lowering said scoop-receptacle comprising a hand-lever having a link connection with said controlling-bar of the scoop-receptacle; a flexible member extended between the sprocket of saidaxle and the sprocket upon said oper-. ating-shaft, and a flexible member extended between the brace-members of the sustaining-arms and said winding-drum.

3. In combination, a machine as described, consisting of supporting mechanism comprising an axle with forwardly-movable bearing-wheels, a rear guide-wheel, a connecting frame between the axle and said rear guide-wheel; a scraper-receptacle rovided with an upwardly extending-control ing-bar; an operating frame comprising sustainingarms pivota-lly mounted upon said axle and extended forwardly to a upon said scraper receptac e, said sustainingarms having transversely disposed brace members secured thereon; hoisting mechanism, comprising a sprocket upon the axle, an operating shaft transversely disposed and supported upon saidconnecting frame and having thereon a sprocket, a wmdmg-drum, an idler-wheel, and a ratchet, a pawl connection; means for lowering said scraper-recepivotal mounting mole," oomprising a hand-lex 'er having a link control-e; sidewise movement of said 10' connection with said controllin -bar of the second flexible-member, I soraper receptaclei a first flexi le member In j testimony whereof he his efirtended between 13516 brgce-mzrilmbezfiqjifn the signature in presence-of twowitnesses.

s stainin -airm's an sai win '11 a j "L second flixible member extende between v SAMUEL R"FRENOH' the sprocket of said axle andthe sprocket VVibnessesff u on said operating-shaftymeans. to control LOUIS NEUNN, t e movements of said pawl, and means to 1 JOHNJT. Cnoss. 

